Describes the experiences and insights of five laid-off placement people who discover the trauma of job loss. Discusses grieving a job loss, the emotions involved, the challenge of finding a new job, guilt faced by survivors, and advice to colleagues. (NB)

Discusses the merits and methods of downsizing, the process of eliminating unnecessary costs and unprofitable operations from an organization, and examines commonly used, effective strategies that will minimize the hardship on both employers and employees. (JOW)

Describes how a married couple survived being laid off at General Motors, returning to college to be retrained for new jobs. (JOW)

The Early Warning Business Development System identifies companies at risk of closing or moving and provides assistance by developing a coalition of community, labor, government, and business leaders; gathering information on area businesses; developing a plan of action; and building community vision and capacity. (SK)

Purpose: Downsizing is a very pervasive organizational process. At these critical junctures many organizations do little to prepare their employees for a mass layoff. The main purpose of this study is to examine how the incorporation of job counseling and professional retraining programs during a period of downsizing affected the responses of both…

This article outlines some actions available to education associations concerning staff layoff and specific attempts which have been made to minimize the impact of reductions in force. (RC)

Every professional personnel department has the basic skills to provide at least minimum outplacement services such as resume preparation, resume typing and reproduction, counseling, and suggestions of job leads. (Author)

A survey of 248 businesses in 7 states reporting layoffs in 1985 was taken to gather information on worker dislocation and advance notice. About two-thirds of layoffs occurred without workers receiving advance general notice. Results conflicted somewhat with those of other studies. (CH)

As the economy grew in the mid-1900s, job loss declined and the rate of reemployment rose. Job losses that did occur were more widely dispersed across industries and occupations than in earlier years. (Author)

In the aftermath of downsizing, managers must deal with the attitudes of the surviving employees. Some will offer an example of a bright future and are valuable contributors to employee morale. Others may experience sadness, anger, mistrust, and a psychological uncoupling from the organization. (JOW)

Data from 2,061 British companies in the Workplace Industrial Relations Survey supported the hypothesis that powerful unions reduce the external threat of job loss and therefore the pace of work in unionized firms is less responsive to such threats. (SK)

Plateauing research often reveals a negative relationship between job content plateauing (i.e., lacking challenge in one's job) and work attitudes. This study explores situations where job content plateauing is associated with fewer negative work attitudes, revealing role ambiguity (i.e., being unclear about job duties and responsibilities) and…

By acknowledging the value of the work-sharing concept, recognizing the importance of the psychological contract, and conducting prelayoff consultations with the assistance of third-party neutrals, companies can more effectively cope with the problem of employee layoffs and improve employee relations in general. (Author)

The U.S. Supreme Court affirmed that publicly employed teachers may not be denied a new contract because they have exercised a right secured by the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. (Editor)

Companies today can ill afford to treat casually their responsibility to employees laid off due to economic conditions. Days of the pink-slip" are gone. (Editor)